From a497ff4b48ece0b3a69824686fcc9275fd5a3151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: appaji <> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:15:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add discussions, remove updates present in last WN --- LDP/ldpwn/20030729.xml | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/ldpwn/20030729.xml b/LDP/ldpwn/20030729.xml index 100902ec..3d403550 100644 --- a/LDP/ldpwn/20030729.xml +++ b/LDP/ldpwn/20030729.xml @@ -16,19 +16,25 @@ Fresh@LDP -Only one new document this week, but a very impressive one: Binh Nguyen released the first official version of the Linux Dictionary. With nearly 9000 entries, this is probably the most complete reference currently available. +Only one new document this week, but a very impressive one: Binh +Nguyen released the first official version of the Linux +Dictionary. With nearly 9000 entries, this is one of the most +complete references currently available. Proposed new documents -These new ideas sprouted up: +These new ideas this week: Mark Hoebeke wants to target the novice developers HOWTO with a mini-HOWTO about the GNU auto-tools, such as automake, autoconf and libtoolize. His proposal was received very positively. + Carsten Kolassa wants to write what he would like to call the Network-Programming HOWTO, discussing among other topics how to write to and read from a socket, how to write simple servers and sniffers. His primary goal is to write in C, but Carsten plans on adding C++, Perl and Java examples as well. + Machtelt Garrels wants to contribute a document called LDAP Operations HOWTO, which is intended to link the LDAP HOWTO with the LDAP Implementation HOWTO. @@ -39,9 +45,10 @@ -We received v1.1 of the Linux Cluster HOWTO, by Ram Samudrala. -Saqib Ali submitted v2.2.8 of the DocBook-OpenJade-SGML-XML-HOWTO. -Don't get confused with all these Oracle HOWTO's, this is v1.18 of the Oracle 8i Installation HOWTO, by Stephen Darlington. +Another revision of Howard Shane's Scanner-HOWTO +is available for review. + If you don't have a local Linux User Group yet, click through to the Linux User Group HOWTO. Note that this document is now maintained by Rick Moen, who took over from Kendall Clark. @@ -52,29 +59,12 @@ Updates - - - -HOWTOs - - - - -. -. - - - - - Guides Our Spanish collegues finished the revision of the Guía de Programación de Módulos del Núcleo Linux. The original document, the Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide is authored by Peter J. Salzman and Ori Pomerantz; the Spanish translation is the work of Rubén Melcón Fariña, assisted by Óscar Sanz Lorenzo and Francisco Javier Fernández. -. -. @@ -84,28 +74,48 @@ Happenings in the LDP world -. - -Title1 +merge of mini-HOWTOs -. + + +Greg Ferguson sent in an update +indicating that the list of HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs have been merged and +there is just one master (combined) list in the HOWTO-INDEX vs. the +current two and only one +set of tar files per document variant vs. the current +two. + + -Title2 +LDP Author Guide/DocBook, Xml, Jade etc. -. + + +Simon Anderson was frustrated +with the LDP author guide and DocBook, and wondered why the LDP used +DocBook even though Everyone reads HOWTO's in html +anyway. In response Chris Karakas explained +why the separation of presentation of content from the content itself +was important. Several people had suggestions for +Simon Anderson to deal with +the problems that he was facing. Tabatha also mentioned +that the author guide was being reviewed and revamped by Emma Jane +Hogbin. + + - -Title3 - -. - -